![]() They prefer the conjectural to the concrete and never let the facts get in the way of telling a good story. Schwartz and Loncraine are both experienced journalists (he was an editor of Business Week and she writes for the British press) but no one who gets through these works will accuse their authors of being scholars or trained historians. Frank Baum was not the only one who writes fairy tales. Schwartz and The Real Wizard of Oz by Rebecca Loncraine, one must conclude that L. Reading the recent books, Finding Oz by Evan I. "Well," his wife explained, "you know how Frank makes his living." One evening when Frank was entertaining his friends with some wild story from his past, the Haldemans turned incredulously to Maud for verification. "Bob" Haldeman.) His daughter Dorothy (appropriately) told me that the Baums and Haldemans often got together to play cards. (Ironically, his grandson was Watergate conspirator H. ![]() This local businessman was the leader of the Uplifters, a private club within the Los Angeles Athletic Club, that Baum helped found Haldeman also served as Secretary of the Oz Film Manufacturing Company that produced early silent films of several of Baum's books. Frank Baum's best friend during his later years in Hollywood was Harry Marston Haldeman. ![]()
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